Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
Patrick Mitchell has written a lengthy guide to coming out as an atheist on his website Coffee Shop Atheist. The first part deals with actually coming out, the second focuses on how various kinds of believers will react to your deconversion, and the third (upcoming) will talk about the different kinds of atheists. Regarding coming out of the closet, I thought this suggestion, in particular, was a good one: Don’t: Put it up on Facebook First This was a tremendous… Read more
The landmark Supreme Court case McCollum v. Board of Education — which put a stop to religious education in public school — originated at a school district in Champaign, Illinois. In honor of the 65th anniversary of that decision, the Illini Secular Student Alliance will be hosting a screening this Thursday night of The Lord Is Not On Trial Here Today, an award-winning documentary about the case written and directed by University of Illinois Professor Jay Rosenstein. More information is… Read more
I mentioned before that the audio book version of I Sold My Soul on eBay will soon be coming out. Because it’s being released by a different publisher (Pitchstone Publishing) than the one that put out the book (Waterbrook Press), we can’t use the same cover: That’s why I’m asking readers for help. I have two options: Let Pitchstone create their own cover… or ask my readers if any of them would like to design it. I’d love to go… Read more
This is the picture of a Ten Commandments monument in front of Connellsville Junior High East in Pennsylvania — it’s been up there since the Fraternal Order of Eagles donated it in 1957: If you’re confused, it’s because the monument is now boarded up. You can thank Americans United for Separation of Church and State for that. They sent a letter to the district last month asking for the monument’s removal — another letter from FFRF followed not long after… Read more